Thursday 24 January 2013

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News article: New Technique Determines Which Patients With Homocystinuria Are Most Likely to Respond to Vitamin B6 Treatment Based On Their Genotypes




Now here is something interesting! A recent results breakthrough by scientists which show that what you eat can correct gene mutations! In homocystinuria's case, vitamin B6 has an effect on cystathionine beta synthase gene.

Click here to find out more : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120409103251.htm


Reference:
Genetics Society of America (2012, April 9). New technique determines which patients with homocystinuria are most likely to respond to vitamin B6 treatment based on their genotypes. ScienceDaily. Retrieved January 25, 2013, from http://www.sciencedaily.com­ /releases/2012/04/120409103251.htm

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  1. Unknown24 January 2013 at 16:48

    I think it's great news that there have been new breakthroughs in the field of treatments for Homocystinuria. This area of personalized medicine is only just starting to achieve its aim of the "right treatment to the right person at the right time". We still have a long way to go before it can be applied to patients as there is still much to learn about the human genome, gene functions as well as how well they correlate to a specific disease. In the meantime I hope that there can be more research done on other treatment options for patients suffering from homocystinuria so that patients are able to be totally free from this disease.

    -Mandy & Xin Yan

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  2. Unknown25 January 2013 at 07:53

    wow this is so interesting!! are there other examples of food that we consume that are able to correct other gene mutations too? :D

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